Books interview: the life and career of Benjamin Disraeli

Douglas Hurd has co-authored a new book about the life and career of Benjamin Disraeli. Here, he tells Matt Elton what the Victorian prime minister really believed, and how Disraeli's approach could help improve British politics in the 21st century

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